When All is Read and Done

By Aimee Lee and Josh Teh

When All is Read and Done is a podcast where two readers, Aimee Lee and Josh Teh, share their perspectives and human rights issues surrounding the books they read. In the process, we try to make sense... more

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The podcast currently has 11 episodes available.

When All is Read and Done episodes:

July 19, 2021 #10: Free Britney from the Toxic Circus
In our season finale, we talk about Britney Spears, the toxic circus of her conservatorship, and how Britney's loss of autonomy reflects that of millions of people worldwide. Also, Britney suffering from domestic violence?

What we’ve learned about Britney Spears’s conservatorship case changes everything
Britney Spears’s Conservatorship: What to Know
#FreeBritney! And while we're at it, free the women of Saudi Arabia too
Britney Spears' Conservatorship Is Back In Court: Who's Who, And What They Want
Liz Day's Twitter
Britney Spears has had to sit through incredibly misogynistic and invasive interviews. Here are the worst ones.
Bodily autonomy: Busting 7 myths that undermine individual rights and freedoms
For Women Under Conservatorship, Forced Birth Control Is Routine

RADRecs
Sex Object (Jessica Valenti)
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
No Visible Bruises (Rachel Louise Snyder)
Disability Visibility (Alice Wong)

You can find us on Instagram at readanddone or email us at [email protected]. See you in Season 2!
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26min
July 05, 2021 #9 Amazon: Who Pays at the Everything Store?
This week, we discuss the Rocket Man Jeff Bezos, Amazon, and how they've changed the game, for better or worse, for how book lovers shop online.

Booksellers fear 'stranglehold' as Amazon snaps up British rival The Book Depository
Amazon.com and 'Big Five' publishers accused of ebook price-fixing
Amazon and Its Missing Books
A Final Word Before Mr. Bezos Blasts Off
Power and Peril: 5 Takeaways on Amazon’s Employment Machine
Amazon offers 'wellness chamber' for stressed staff
The Amazon That Customers Don’t See
Brick and Mortar: Lessons About the Future of Bookselling
Brick-and-mortar bookstores dying in electronic age? No, many are thriving
China’s brick-and-mortar bookstores are making a comeback

RADRecs:
Libby
BookBar
Lit Books
Gerakbudaya
Silverfish

You can find us on Instagram at readanddone or email us at [email protected].

And free Britney, you cowards!
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26min
June 21, 2021 #8 Reading Refugees: Stories of the Displaced
For World Refugee Day, we discuss the refugee crisis, moving beyond an Euro-centric view of the crisis, and what we can do to help.

1951 Refugee Convention
UNHCR viewpoint: ‘Refugee’ or ‘migrant’ – Which is right?
‘Home’ by Warsan Shire
12 Book about Syria to Help You Learn about the Ongoing Conflict
Elizabeth Day talks to Pulitzer Prize winning writer Viet Thanh Nguyen about The Committed

RADRecs:
The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Best We Could Do (Thi Bui)
Monstress (Marjorie M. Liu)
Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System (Alexander Betts, Paul Collier)

Beyond the Books:
MSRI
Dignity for Children Foundation
El Shaddai
British Red Cross
Refugee Action
Save the Children

You can find us on Instagram at readanddone or email us at [email protected].
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24min
June 07, 2021 #7 Reading Romance: Love in the Time of Covid
Aimee challenges Josh to read 'The Kiss Quotient' and challenges his perception of love, romance novels, and the universe.

The Romance Writers of America
The Romance Publishing Industry and Its Reputation
Meeting Harry Styles and what it taught me about "gender contamination" in business
Diana Gabaldon on Why Outlander Isn’t Really a Romance and Writing Her First Episode

RADRecs:
The Rosie Project (Graeme Simsion)
Call Me By Your Name (Andre Aciman)
Blankets (Craig Thompson)
The Prince and the Dressmaker (Jen Wang)

You can find us on Instagram at readanddone or email us at [email protected].
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26min
May 24, 2021 #6 Cancelled! Un-Fantastic Authors & Where to Find Them
In a follow-up to the last episode, we talk about cancel culture in the readers' community and publishing industry. Cancel culture can be a powerful tool to democratize accountability, but it can also be a double-edged sword used by bigots and activists alike.

The second wave of “cancel culture”
Why ‘Cancel Culture’ Is a Distraction
The Daily Podcast - A Vast Web of Vengeance
A Feminist Critique of Murakami Novels, With Murakami Himself

RADRecs:
We Need New Stories (Nesrine Malik)
The Problem with Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars (Meghan Daum)

You can find us on Instagram at readanddone or email us at [email protected].
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21min
May 10, 2021 #5 When Authors Disappoint: JK Rowling and the Chamber of TERFS
We talk about whether authors’ politics and behavior affect how we enjoy their books. These include authors who we adored as children as well as current authors (JK, we're looking at you).

Tintin in the Land of Cancel Culture
JK Rowling's controversial essay on transgender persons
Charisma Carpenter statement on Joss Whedon's alleged abuse

RADRecs:
N.K. Jemisin
Asterix the Gaul (René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo)

You can find us on Instagram at readanddone or email us at [email protected].
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21min
April 26, 2021 #4 What We Read in Lockdown? Probably Nothing
We talk about the books that helped us get through lockdown, and how they gave us hope even amidst adversity.

RADRecs:
The Property (Rutu Modan)
Low (Rick Remender)
Probably Nothing (Matilda Tristam)

Beyond the Books:
The Body Coach TV
Tom Holland (Not Spider-Man)
Pocket Mountains

You can find us on Instagram at readanddone or email us at [email protected].
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21min
April 12, 2021 #3 Rape Culture: Not That Bad (It's Worse)
Following the devastating death of Sarah Everard, we discuss rape culture, its roots, and the survivors who have spoken out against it.

RADRecs:
Tomorrow Sex will be Good Again (Katherine Angel)
Dear Ijeawele (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Not That Bad (Roxane Gay)
Drawing Power (Diane Noomin)
Know My Name (Chanel Miller)

Beyond the Books:
The Havens (UK)
The Survivor's Trust (UK)
Women's Centre for Change (Malaysia)
Women's Aid Organization (Malaysia)

You can find us on Instagram at readanddone or email us at [email protected].
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22min
March 29, 2021 #2 Diversity and #OwnVoices: A Savage Reality
We continue our discussion about diversity in our second episode! Aimee shares her journey of diversifying her bookshelf (thanks, Donald!), and we dive into gatekeeping in publishing, the struggles of #OwnVoices authors to be heard, and auditing our bookshelves.

Corinne Duvyis #OwnVoices
RADRecs:
The Poppy War (RF Kuang)
The Weight of Our Sky (Hanna Alkaf)
Gender Queer (Maia Kobabe)
On a Sunbeam (Tillie Walden)
Christine T (IG: lookprettybooks)
Nat (IG: anattynook)

You can find us on Instagram at readanddone or email us at [email protected].
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25min
March 29, 2021 #1 Reading Diverse Characters: Girls, Women, Others, Us
Welcome to Episode 1 of WAiRaD! We start by discussing why diverse characters in fiction is important to us, and share books we've enjoyed recently with great representation and diversity.

RADRecs:
Monstress (Marjorie Liu)
Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
We, The Survivors (Tash Aw)
Evening is the Whole Day (Preeta Samarasan)

You can find us on Instagram at readanddone or email us at [email protected].
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29min

FAQs about When All is Read and Done:

How many episodes does When All is Read and Done have?

The podcast currently has 11 episodes available.